I have always wanted to get my ranged up to the mid 80s so that I can attempt to get a fire cape, however, I have always loathed it since it was one of the slowest (IMO) stats to level up.

 

 

 

However, with the addition of the dark bow and the revamping of crossbows, I really want to work at getting my ranged up (and i feel that it will go more quickly than before.)

 

The question: Which then, is better to level with? Assuming I use iron arrows/bolts respectively, which would give me more xp in less amount of time.

 

 

 

The Dark Bow has +95 ranged bonus, and can fire 2 arrows, BUT at a slower rate. (But that's still a lot of damage.)

 

While on the other hand, the new Rune Crossbow has +90 bonus, and fires much, much faster. So less damage would be dealt, but you would attack faster.

 

 

 

I'm just trying to figure out which has the better DPS, because (while i can) I don't see a reason to use 3.5M+ on a bow, when a rune crossbow can deal just as much, and only costs 40K (however with update, that's bound to change.)

 

 

 

Seeing as how I don't level ranged that much, I wanted to see what other people think/know about the 2 styles.

i would go with the rune crossbow in my opinion

Invest in Pearl Bolts. I only have 74 ranged yet can hit 14s >>>without<<< special waterfall effect. I'd say r c bow owns it, but I use emmy bolts and sapphy bolts all the time so i wouldn't know about irons.

 

 

 

 

 

Oh I used dark bow with irons for some time tho.. it sks... MSB is almost better lol... too slow is teh darkie bow

if you dont have cash for drak bow, get a rune crossbow for training. it pwns magic short. btw, the double arrow ability of dark bow makes up for its slow speed.

if you dont have cash for drak bow, get a rune crossbow for training. it pwns magic short. btw, the double arrow ability of dark bow makes up for its slow speed.

 

 

 

It seems to be alittle more then two times slower than MSB.